221 plants Encyclopedia

• Common name : Small Duckweed • Scientific name : Lemna minor • Family : Araceae • Native land : Africa, Asia, Europe and North America Duckweeds are small, free-floating aquatic perennials that combine to form a green ‘carpet’ on the surface of the water. Each plant consists of a single, rounded, leaf-like body. It […]

• Common name : French Sorrel, Buckler Sorrel • Scientific name : Rumexscutatus • Family : Polygonaceae • Native land : South of France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Barbary It is a mat-forming perennial. The whole plant is intensely glaucous. In areas of very mild winters, it produces leaves year‑round. Red-green flowers appear in loose.

• Common name : Variable-leaved Sea Holly • Scientific name : Eryngiumvariifolium • Family : Apiaceae • Native land : North Africa It is an evergreen perennial that forms a clump of rounded basal leaves with white veins. The stem is branched and leafy. It bears silvery-blue flower-heads with narrow, spiny silver bracts. The foliage

• Common name : Sea Kale, Sea Cabbage • Scientific name : Crambemaritima • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Europe, North Africa, South-West Asia It is a robust herbaceous perennial that forms a clump of large, lobed, wavy-edged blue-green leaves. It grows mainly on seaside shingle and sandy beaches above the high tide

• Common name : Rye • Scientific name : Secalecereale • Family : Poaceae • Native land : Mediterranean region and Western Asia Rye is one of the world’s most important cultivated grains. It is sometimes a weed of grain crops such as wheat. It is also widely planted as a cover crop, and is

• Common name : Rutabaga, Oilseed Rape, Rapaseed • Scientific name : Brassica napus • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Europe Rutabaga is an annual plant. It has a long, usually thin taproot. Its leaves are smooth, bluish green, and deeply scalloped, and the bases of the upper leaves clasp the stem. It

• Common name : Red rose • Scientific name : Rosa kordesii • Family : Rosaceae • Native land : Europe, North America, and North-West Africa Rosa kordesii is a deciduous shrub. It is also known as a climbing or pillar rose. It grows up to 8-10 feet tall. It can also be grown as

• Common name : Rosemary • Scientific name : Rosmarinusofficinalis • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Mediterranean region Rosemary is a woody, perennial herb. It is a generally erect, rounded, evergreen shrub with aromatic, needle-like, grey-green leaves and tiny, two-lipped, pale blue to white flowers. It grows up to 4-6 feet tall in

• Common name : Alpine Rose • Scientific name : Rhododendron ferrugineum • Family : Ericaceae • Native land : Himalayas, from Kashmir eastwards to Nagaland Rhododendron is either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia. It also grows on the slopes of the Alps, so it is also called Alpine rose. It has

• Common name : Red Goosefoot, Coastblite Goosefoot • Scientific name : Oxybasisrubra • Family : Chenopodiaceae • Native land : North America and Eurasia Red goosefoot is an annual flowering plant. The plant grows up to 3 feet tall. It is often tinged with red all over. Besides the stem, even the vegetative leaves

• Common name : Red Dead Nettle • Scientific name : Lamiumpurpureum • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Europe Red deadnettle may grow as an annual or a biennial. It is a hairy plant that branches from the base. The leaves often have a purple-grey tinge to them. The upper-most leaves can become

• Common name : Red Clover • Scientific name : Trifoliumpratense • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : Europe, Western Asia and North-West Africa Red clover is a biennial or short-lived perennial. It grows up to 3 feet tall. The plant grows as one of two types: medium (double-cut) or mammoth (single-cut). The plant

• Common name : Radish • Scientific name : Raphanussativus • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Europe and the UK Radish is an edible root vegetable. It is an extremely variable species of a garden vegetable. Some are annuals while some biennials. Radish leaves usually are medium green and lobed, and have a

• Common name : Red chicory • Scientific name : Cichoriumintybus • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Europe Chicory is a tender perennial grown as an annual plant. It is sometimes known as Italian chicory. It is a woody plant. Chicory has long, deep taproot that is milky inside. Radicchio leaves are stalked,

• Common name : Pumpkin • Scientific name : Cucurbitapepo • Family : Cucurbitaceae • Native land : North America Pumpkin is an annual climber. It grows up to 2 feet. The plant blooms from July to September, and the seeds ripen from August to October. The fruit is round, with a smooth, slightly ribbed